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Announcing Alibre Translate

New Product Offers Broad Suite for Import and Export of Most Popular CAD Files

Richardson, TX - February 11, 2009 – Alibre, Inc. today announced Alibre Translate, a new product which adds an extensive set of import and export filters to the popular Alibre Design product line. Alibre Translate contains the following filters:

1. SolidWorks Export
2. Pro Engineer Import
3. Inventor Import
4. Parasolid Import
5. Parasolid Export
6. Solid Edge Import
7. CATIA V5 Import

"Alibre has had many requests for direct file support for SolidWorks, Inventor, Pro Engineer, Solid Edge, and CATIA," says J. Paul Grayson, Alibre Chairman and CEO. "While our prior support of industry standard neutral file formats gave us excellent compatibility, this new set of import and export filters greatly improves our customers' ability to work with their clients and downstream and upstream partners."

Mr. Grayson added, "We are especially excited to offer SolidWorks file export. Many companies that use SolidWorks require their subcontractors to submit designs in .sldprt and .sldasm formats. We understands the business requirements of our users and their need to seamlessly work with and collaborate using whatever file format is being used in their current situation. This is no longer a challenge for our clients."

Alibre Design is the most affordable 3D parametric CAD program on the market and typically costs less than 1/5 of a seat of SolidWorks, Inventor, Solid Edge, or Pro Engineer. Alibre Design already includes support for most industry standard file formats including STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, SAT, Rhino 3DM, STL, and various image formats.

About Alibre
Alibre is the leading global provider of cost effective professional grade mechanical CAD, CAM, and PDM solutions. Founded in 1997 and based in Richardson, Texas, Alibre develops Alibre Design^TM and Alibre CAM^TM, the fastest growing parametric CAD/CAM solution on the market. One fifth the cost of comparable software, Alibre Design offers the same core features of SolidWorks, Pro/E, Inventor, and other mid-range solid modeling packages at a cost that is affordable to any business or individual. Alibre CAM extends Alibre Design to provide integrated 2 ½ to 5 axis CNC machining. Used by an immensely diverse user base, Alibre Design and Alibre CAM provide design and manufacturing solutions to Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, consulting firms, machine shops, start-ups, hobbyists, inventors, teachers and students. Alibre products are distributed in 50 countries and in 15 languages. For more information on Alibre, or for a free trial of Alibre Design, please visit www.alibre.com.